Comparison Of Approaches Flashcards by Scarlett Daniels | Brainscape

Q

Determinism

A

The view that an individual’s

Choices are controlled

By their internal or extenal environments

Biological
Environmental
Unconscious

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Soft determinism

A

Behaviours may be predicted

but there is a degree of control over choices

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Hard determinism

A

All behaviour is caused by something

So free willis an illusion

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Holism

A

It only makes sense to study an

Indivisible system

Rather than its individual parts

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Reductionism

A

The belief that human behaviour

Is best understood by studying smaller parts

Biological
Environmental
Machine

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Idiographic

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Focusses more on the individual case

As a means for understanding behaviour

Rather than aiming to create general laws

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Nomothetic

A

Aims to study human behaviour

Through the development

Of general principles and univeral laws

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